Traditional cooking

Trout in the oven

Trout and shopska salad

Cheverme with lamb

Veal in a pumpkin

Veal in a pumpkin

Kardzhali area

Special baked trout in the village of Madrets

The special recipe will be prepared by the hosts of the guest house Madrets in the stone oven of the green yard. The dish is made with freshly caught trout from a privately owned lake and other fresh organic products from their own vegetable garden in the village. The meal includes fresh salad, baked trout, bread, Turkish desert and coffee. No drinks are included.

Price per person is 15 leva / 8 euro.

You can add this meal to your journey in the Eastern Rhodopes from here.

Chevermé in Studen kladenets reserve

Chevermé is a traditional Bulgarian barbecue. The "season" for the cheverme is usually in April - July. In Studen kladenets reserve they prepare this barbecue with a lamb above a small fire while you will all sit around the Chevermé and watch the meat becoming tender. It takes around 3 up to 4 hours to prepare the lamb. This traditional barbecue is always prepared with local meat. It is garnished with seasonal salad, bread and dessert.

Price per person is 40 leva / 20 euro

You can add this meal to your journey in the Eastern Rhodopes from here.

Madzharovo area

Dinner with veal baked within a pumpkin at the Wild farm in Gorno pole

For the evening you can take a seat at the Bulgarian table at the Wild farm in Gorno pole. The host Betty will prepare delicious meal based on traditional recipes. The dinner exists of three courses - salad of the season, main dish with calf stuffed in a pumpkin and baked in a big pot in the oven. The end is always a surprising dessert. To make the evening more enjoyable you can choose for a good glass of localy produced wine, a fresh beer and of course the brandy Rakia!

Price per person is 30 leva / 15 euro.

You can add this meal to your journey in the Eastern Rhodopes from here.

Chevermé in Gorno pole

This traditional barbecue is made of calf at the Wild farm in Gorno pole. The whole animal has been put on a skewer and baked on a slow fire for around 9 hours. Together with some other Bulgarian dishes it will make a completely traditional Bulgarian meal from which the taste will positively surprise you!

Price per person is 50 leva / 25 euro

You can add this meal to your journey in the Eastern Rhodopes from here.